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Abortion in Michigan is legal throughout pregnancy. [1] [2] A state constitutional amendment to explicitly guarantee abortion rights was placed on the ballot in 2022 as Michigan Proposal 22–3; [3] it passed with 57 percent of the vote, adding the right to abortion and contraceptive use to the Michigan Constitution. [4]
The amendment was introduced to overturn the 1931 abortion ban and make the right to "reproductive freedom" explicit in the Michigan Constitution. [2] The Reproductive Freedom For All ballot committee gathered 753,759 signatures for the constitutional amendment, the most ever gathered for a ballot measure in state history, and more than enough ...
In January 2022, Reproductive Freedom for All, in partnership with the ACLU of Michigan, Michigan Voices, and Planned Parenthood Advocates of Michigan, filed paperwork with the Board of State Canvassers to begin a ballot petition drive to amend the Constitution of Michigan to provide for a limited right to an abortion.
A proposed add to the Michigan Constitution would guarantee the right to an abortion. Opponents say it goes further, but supporters say that's wrong. Michigan's abortion amendment: Here's what ...
After the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the landmark abortion rights decision in Roe v. Wade, Michigan could have seen a 1931 abortion ban take effect though a lawsuit temporarily blocked that ...
After the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, returning the issue of abortion rights back to the states, Michigan voters passed Proposal 3 in 2022 to enshrine a right to reproductive freedom.
The Michigan Supreme Court ruled Thursday that an initiative potentially enshrining abortion protections in the state constitution will appear on the ballot this fall, overcoming opposition from ...
Abortion rights advocates in Michigan are one step closer to securing a ballot measure that would let voters decide whether abortion remains legal. A coalition of advocacy groups, including the ...